The vice-chancellor’s mental health taskforce has announced during next semester students will be able to opt in to an initiative allowing UEA to inform a third party, such as a parent or guardian, about significant concerns over a student’s wellbeing. The taskforce is also introducing 15 other projects to support what the head of student services…
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Norwich city council introduce sustainable Roar Power
Norwich City Council, in partnership with ENGIE Power Ltd, have launched a new energy and gas provider, Roar Power. This service is not only environmentally ethical, but also socially beneficial for residents in Norwich and the East of England. The council has said gas and electricity will come from entirely renewable sources such as wind…
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‘Living next to students is a nightmare’
Peter, who lives in the golden triangle area of Norwich, an area very popular with students, spoke of the troubles of living next door to students. ‘I have lived in the area for 17 years but up until a couple of years ago, I had never had a problem. The house next door was turned…
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Norwich City Council responds to IPCC report on climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report on 8 October stating that there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5ºC. Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South responded to the news on Twitter, stating that ‘The physics of climate change dictate we must halve…
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Concerns arise over plans for the redevelopment of Anglia Square
Concerns have emerged over plans to redevelop the Anglia Square area of the city centre. Anglia Square is currently the oldest of Norwich’s three large shopping centres, first developed in 1970 with architecture spawning from the brutalist movement. Over 400 comments have been submitted since the original scheme was proposed, the majority of which are…
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Another city centre student flat development turned down by councillors
Despite revised plans by building developer SCY Student Accommodation Ltd, plans for the development of a block of 252 student flats have been rejected in a close margin by Norwich city councillors. The developers had bid to build the new block of flats on the Sentinel House car park on Surrey Street, just a few…